Exchange of information
145 Exchange of information
The chief executive may enter into an arrangement (an information-sharing arrangement) with the police commissioner for the purposes of sharing or exchanging information—
held by the chief executive or the police commissioner; or
to which the chief executive or the police commissioner has access.
An information-sharing arrangement may relate only to information that assists—
the chief executive to perform the chief executive’s functions under this Act; or
the police commissioner to perform the police commissioner’s functions.
Under an information-sharing arrangement, the chief executive and the police commissioner are, despite another Act or law, authorised to—
ask for and receive information held by the other party to the arrangement or to which the other party has access; and
disclose information to the other party.
The chief executive may use criminal intelligence given to the chief executive by the police commissioner under an information-sharing arrangement only for monitoring compliance with this Act.
In this section—
information does not include information given to the chief executive or police commissioner, or to which the chief executive or police commissioner has access, under the Crime and Corruption Act 2001.
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